Dont Go to Knight

Just got home from a long 9 hour greyhound ride when I should have been heading home in my own truck. But it was not to be I guess. And after reading the posts on here about Knight I am kinda relieved I was sent packing. Now before I say why I am gonna say this. I know there will be some on here that will defend Knight and say I probably did something wrong. That is what the first amendment gives you the right to do express your opinion even if it is misguided and innacurate. Ok that said a little about my experience. First off I wall say that I already worked for one of the other mega carriers with a bad rep (Prime) worked for them for a year and was canned for violating their no idle policy (at least that was the excuse I was given) in the middle of winter. sorry not getting hypothermia to save a billionaire a few dollars. (corporate greed what a joke) ok that was in 2008 I was unemployed for over a year at the height of the recession. couldnt find work and I was looking in two states. found work outside of trucking got back into trucking in march of last year drove for an owner op for almost a year. still technically employed by him however he has old equipment and it is currently down and he doesnt have the money to get it fixed. so im in waiting mode. ok so my criminal record is clean no duis no violations on my mvr. so with two years experience (10 months being recent) clean criminal past clean mvr good reference from my boss, i see this add on craigslist (first mistake there any company that advertises on there usually is not worth your time.) I apply last saturday through the Knight website as the add says. I see their qualifications and I meet all. I apply. On monday they call and ask if i want to catch a greyhound bus that night i say yes because i need to work and the truck isnt gonna be moving anytime soon but the bills dont ever stop so i rush around and spend all day monday getting things in order and taking care of things so i can catch an 8pm bus. ride 10 hours on the greyhound and go straight to orirntation with little to no sleep am there till 4 pm get to hotel and relax and pass out. day two head to orientation at 7 am there till 4pm go through all the policies do the smith system test which i was told i had the best score on. On day one i eas given forms to fill out explaining gaps in employment and to provide references. the gap in question was my over a year unemployed. on day three i have them to turn in. dont even get in my chair they say the recruiter laura needs to see me i take the forms to her and she informs me that safety did not apprive my app and that the shuttle would be there any minute to take me to the greyhound. Nowin my orientation there was three of us with experience the non experienced ones just out of school have a seperate orientation. but sat in for some of ours. out of the three of us there was me and another guy. he had just recently been fired from werner from getting cited for an unsafe manuver. this was recent both citation and termination also he had two years employment gap. all he needed was a letter from his wife saying she was the earner during that time and that he was a stay at home parent and he has the job. huh? I could have lied and put down a fake company and said that I worked for bobs lawn care or something and gave a friends number and had them call that and he say yes he owns bobs lawn care and i worked for him for x amount of time but im not a dishonest person. (maybe you need to be in this business, the dishonest companies make billions off the backs of the drivers while the drivers go broke) so basically i was sent packing because i was honest. this recruiter laura said well if you drive for gilrose a little longer we can have you back. after the way i was treated and the things i have read about this shady bunch i dont want to go back. good thing i found out before i signed on the dotted line or even worse got into the lease program. what I dont get is what does a little over year of unemployment when most of the country was unemployed have to do with safety. i fit the requirements passed the drug tests and physical and have clean records just dont get it. but my advise to anyone looking for work dont go to knight. see a Knight add or they call you run far away.